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Descriptor English: Dentition
Descriptor Spanish: Dentición
Descriptor dentición
Entry term(s) dentadura
Scope note: Conjunto de dientes de la arcada dental. La dentición se refiere ordinariamente a los dientes naturales en su posición en los alveolos. La dentición que se refiere a los dientes caducos es la DENTICIÓN PRIMARIA o decidual; la de los dientes permanentes es la DENTICIÓN PERMANENTE. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992).
Descriptor Portuguese: Dentição
Descriptor French: Denture
Entry term(s): Dentitions
Tree number(s): A03.556.500.379
A14.549.167
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003817
Scope note: The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer DENTITION, PRIMARY; DENTITION, PERMANENT; or DENTITION, MIXED; differentiate from TOOTH
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Tooth MeSH
DeCS ID: 3832
Unique ID: D003817
NLM Classification: WU 210
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Dentition - Preferred
Concept UI M0005965
Scope note The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Preferred term Dentition
Entry term(s) Dentitions



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